Fred Titmus
Frederick John Titmus
Born: 24 November 1932, Kentish Town, London
Major Teams: Middlesex, Surrey, Orange Free State, England.
Known As: Fred Titmus
Batting Style: Right Hand Bat
Bowling Style: Right Arm Off Break
Test Debut: England v South Africa at Lord's, 2nd Test, 1955
Last Test: England v Australia at Adelaide, 5th Test, 1974/75
ODI Debut: England v New Zealand at Dunedin, 1st ODI, 1974/75
Last ODI: England v New Zealand at Wellington, 2nd ODI, 1974/75
Wisden Cricketer of the Year 1963
Career Statistics:
TESTS
(career)
M I NO Runs HS Ave 100 50 Ct St
Batting & Fielding 53 76 11 1449 84* 22.29 0 10 35 0
Balls M R W Ave BBI 5 10 SR Econ
Bowling 15118 777 4931 153 32.22 7-79 7 0 98.8 1.95
ONE-DAY INTERNATIONALS
(career)
M I NO Runs HS Ave SR 100 50 Ct St
Batting & Fielding 2 1 0 11 11 11.00 34.37 0 0 1 0
Balls M R W Ave BBI 4w 5w SR Econ
Bowling 56 0 53 3 17.66 3-53 0 0 18.6 5.67
FIRST-CLASS
(career: 1949 - 1982)
M I NO Runs HS Ave 100 50 Ct St
Batting & Fielding 792 1142 208 21588 137* 23.11 6 105 473 0
Balls R W Ave BBI 5 10 SR Econ
Bowling 173585 63313 2830 22.37 9-52 168 26 61.3 2.18
LIST A LIMITED OVERS
(career: 1963 - 1976)
M I NO Runs HS Ave 100 50 Ct St
Batting & Fielding 149 109 32 1038 41 13.48 0 0 34 0
Balls R W Ave BBI 4w 5w SR Econ
Bowling 7126 4081 159 25.66 5-25 4 3 44.8 3.43
- Explanations of First-Class and List A status courtesy of the ACS.
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Profile:
Fred Titmus was a remarkable cricketer, not least because he played at
first-class level in five different decades. A tremendously consistent
all-rounder, his international career suffered a lengthy interruption when
he lost four toes in a boating accident during the 1967/68 tour of the West
Indies.
His extraordinary first-class career began in 1949 when he made his debut
for Middlesex at the age of just 16. But it was not until four years later
that he made a real impact by taking 100 wickets in the season with his
right arm off-breaks. It was a feat that Titmus was to perform 16 times,
with 1955 being his most successful year when he took 191 wickets at an
average of 16.31. He also scored more than 1,000 runs that season, the first
of eight occasions he was to do the "double". No other player has achieved
the double more often - only Trevor Bailey has equalled the record. Titmus'
best season with the bat came in 1961 when he hit 1,703 runs at an average
of 37.02. He scored 1,000 runs in a season eight times. In 1967 he won the
Wetherell Award for being England's leading all-rounder.
Titmus was called up to the England side for the first time in 1955 and
played two Tests against the visiting South Africans but failed to impress,
scoring 39 runs in four innings and taking just one wicket. He was
consequently dropped and failed to reappear until Pakistan visited in 1962.
Although he again failed to shine in two Tests, the selectors felt he had
done enough to earn a place on the tour to Australia the following winter.
At last he did himself justice, picking up 21 wickets in five Tests and
scoring 182 runs at an average of more than 36. He picked up another 13
wickets in three matches when the tour progressed to New Zealand and, by
then, he was a fixture in the side.
On the tour of India in 1963/64 he took 27 wickets in five matches and he
enjoyed an excellent series at home against New Zealand in 1965, taking 15
wickets in three games. In the first innings of the Edgbaston Test he took
4/18 off 26 overs and went one better at Headingley when he returned the
figures of 5/19 off 26 overs, including four wickets in an over. Such
figures reflect the general meanness of his bowling; he finished his Test
career with an economy rate of 1.95 runs an over. In 1967/68 he played in
the first two Tests of the series in the Caribbean before suffering his
accident. Although he was never to play a Test match in England again, he
was recalled for the tour of Australia in 1974/75 where he performed
creditably. He finished his international career with 153 wickets and 1,449
runs, a remarkably high figure considering he never scored a Test century.
Titmus was chosen to skipper Middlesex in 1965 but resigned during the
1968 season. In 1977 he moved south of the Thames to The Oval as coach of
Surrey but things did not work out and he left in 1979, having played one
game for the county. He went on to play sporadically for Middlesex in 1979,
1980 and 1982.
In his youth Titmus had played professional football with Watford. He was
awarded the MBE for services to cricket and went on to become an England
selector. He also adjudicated on bowlers who had been called for throwing.
(Copyright CricInfo 2001)
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